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New Deal for Young People
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the cost of the New Deal for Young People programme has been, broken down by (a) region and (b) Jobcentre Plus district in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement; [230562]
(2) what the annual cost of the New Deal 25 Plus programme was in each year since its inception, broken down by (a) region and (b) Jobcentre Plus district; and if he will make a statement. [231132]
Mr. McNulty: Due to the re-organisation of Jobcentre Plus over the past five years it is not possible to provide comparable data at district level. The available information is in the table.
| Expenditure on New Deal for Young People and New Deal 25 Plus broken down by nation and Government office region | |||||
| £ million | |||||
| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | |
| Expenditure on New Deal for Young People and New Deal 25 Plus broken down by nation and Government office region | |||||
| £ million | |||||
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |
| Notes: 1. New Deal for Young People and New Deal 25 Plus started in 1998. 2. New Deal for Young People and New Deal 25 Plus are not accounted for separately at a regional level so the combined totals are shown. 3. Expenditure figures exclude admin costs as they cannot be identified since 2002-03 when ringfences were removed with agreement from HM Treasury. 4. All the above figures are confirmed spend and are quoted in cash terms. 5. The source of the above data is from the DWP financial systems. The totals agree to the Departmental Report. | |||||
New Deal Schemes
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2008, Official Report, column 7W, which potential bidders (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have met in the last six months to discuss the flexible new deal. [230032]
Mr. McNulty: DWP Ministers and officials have had regular meetings with a wide range of diverse organisations interested and involved in bidding for flexible new deal, both before and after the formal start of the competition. Further details of these organisations is commercially and business sensitive.
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what modelling his Department has carried out on different economic and labour market conditions in assessing the (a) funding and (b) central employment estimates for the flexible new deal contracts; and if he will make a statement. [235924]
Mr. McNulty: The Department for Work and Pensions published its CSR2007 three year spending plan in February 2008. Copies of this are available in the Library. The Department has been planning for the impact of higher levels of jobseeker's allowance claims as a result of potential changes in the labour market in the coming months. We are developing plans right across our areas of responsibility including contracted employment provision to assess and manage the impact of an economic downturn.
New Deal Schemes: Expenditure
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was spent on the New Deal programme from its inception to August 2008. [238380]
Mr. McNulty: Audited figures are only available for the period to 31 March 2008. Expenditure from the inception of the programme in April 1998 to that date was £3,527 million.
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average expenditure has been on each person who has found employment through the New Deal programme. [238381]
Mr. McNulty: Data is only available for the New Deal for Young People and New Deal 25+ and for the period 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2008 inclusive. For these programmes, over this period the average expenditure on each person who has found employment is £3,321.
New Deal Schemes: Greater London
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) people, (b) young people, (c) lone parents, (d) people over 25 years and (e) people over 50 years participated in the New Deal in (i) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (ii) the London Borough of Bexley and (iii) Greater London in 2007. [215079]
Mr. McNulty: The available information on the number of New Deal starts is shown in the following table.
| Starts on new deals in Bexley (local authority), London (Government Office Region), Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency: 2007 | |||
| New D eal (ND) | Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency | Bexley (local authority) | London (Government Office Region) |
| Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: New Deal Evaluation Database, Information Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions (May 2008 extract) | |||
Precise information on starts for New Deal 50 Plus is not available. The number of individuals to have started on New Deal for 50 Plus excluding those who have returned to the New Deal in 2008 is however available. If this measure is used then in 2007, 2,010 individuals are shown as starting New Deal 50 Plus in London (Government Office Region) and 30 in Bexley local authority area. As noted this may undercount the number of people starting as only the latest start is counted and some may have returned to the New Deal in 2008.
Occupational Health and Safety: Retail Trade
Mr. Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to promote the use of the Health and Safety Executive toolkit to help employers reduce the risk of violence against shopworkers. [238770]
Jonathan Shaw: Local authorities (LAs) are responsible for enforcing health and safety legislation in retail and licensed premises. HSE and LACORS (the Local Authority Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services) have disseminated the toolkit and its accompanying summary leaflet to all LAs in England, Scotland and Wales, and encouraged them to promote the toolkit, which is freely available, to relevant employers in their own areas.
HSE is targeting promotional activity in the retail and hospitality sectors to encourage use of the toolkit, by publishing information in sector-based websites, newsletters and journals, and through direct contact at relevant conferences and seminars.
Additionally, HSE is encouraging members of the stakeholder Partnership on Work-related Violence (which includes the TUC, CBI, USDAW—Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers and BRC—British Retail Consortium) to promote the toolkit from within their own networks.
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